 |  The Monday morn began crisp and grey, but following the delicious-ness of Chef Izzy’s fresh lemon-blueberry scones, fresh fruit & steaming scrambled eggs, we were bright-eyed and ready to work. We’d skipped our mornin’ yoga because of moistur… Continue reading Monday at the Women’s Journaling Alpine Retreat Saturday March 17 10AM – 12 PM Go green” in the art studio for St. Patty’s Day and for the Earth and learn how to make earth paints from natural pigments and colored clay. Create your own brushes from plant stalks and use your new artist tools to create unique and natural art projects including [...] Continue reading Nature Inspired Art Class for 8-13 year olds  Sunday morn, we all were up early, anxious to be ready and have everything in order for the arriving participants. But the “giving nature” of our precious Chef, Izzy Leas, began to show as she requested she make us breakfast this morning (even tho her… Continue reading Sunday at the 2011 Women’s Retreat ~ September 11th  Following Irene’s lead and investigating what my “Tomoto Worm” would eventually turn into . . . I met my first “Hawk Moth”. I perused them online and read about their uniqueness. This rather gorgeous, powerfully designed and brilliantly camouflaged, this moth … Continue reading →  September 10th began with an early rising for me. Up at 4am to finalize packing in the car and head out on my eight-hour trek from Southern Oregon to reach my beautiful Lake Alpine Resort destination. As I neared Angels Camp, California, the excitement… Continue reading The Start to My 2011 Women’s Journaling Alpine Retreat  Tuesday afternoon, following our Izzy’s fabulous Vegan Minestrone and Lentil Stew, we reassembled, with a full afternoon of fascinating processes. We begin with the Mandala Meditation. After a calming process and some intuitive delving, we each travel into our circular mandala shape on our … Continue reading → Continue reading Retreat 2011 ~ Mandala Meditation ~ The Beginning Professional photographers Lewis Anderson and Vitaly Geyman are pleased to announce a collaborative one day workshop on creative Photoshop techniques. In this hands-on workshop the presenters will teach you their favorite texturing, painting, composite and blending modes techniques.  Review our Winter/Spring 2012 Adult Class and Workshop Schedule! Continue reading Register online for RGAC Art Classes and Workshops  This painting is a continuation in the “No Idea” series that is ongoing and will be added to when ever an idea or lack there of pops up. This series started after visiting another artist friend who’s work I have admired for some time now. I was at his studio visiting and on the drive home I felt really inspired and knew I needed to get my a$s in gear and paint more often, well I had “No Idea” what I wanted to paint tha [...]  Stefan Baumann shares great news about his painting show, a thoughtful painting lesson and information about the artist retreats on his ranch, The Grand View, in Mt Shasta. Baumann is teaching a painting class on Thursdays at Central Art Supply. You can get more information by contacting CAS via their listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource. |      DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. Purchases made through our links give us a small commission. This helps to defray the cost of operating the sites, so please use our links!  Utrecht's Special Discounts have been updated for 2012. The above link will get you 40% off your highest priced item, the one below gives 15% off any order of $100 or more AND Free Shipping! It's your choice - and using our links helps us meet the costs of operating this site! 
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